Lindsay McLaren

Lindsay McLaren, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, where her research and teaching focus on social determinants and political economy of health. She is also a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, National Office. Lindsay is past-president (2014-18) of the Alberta Public Health Association and currently serves as senior editor for the Canadian Journal of Public Health. She also serves as co-editor in chief for the Journal of Critical Public Health, which is a community-owned non-profit journal formed following a mass editorial board resignation from corporate publishers.

Twitter: @lindsayamclaren

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We Are the Economy: How the Carney Government Is Failing to Meet the Moment

blog | Dec 21, 2025

Extractive corporations and the wealthy were the clear winners in the recent federal budget, with struggling Canadians and the environment sitting squarely on the losers' side. But Carney could’ve chosen a different path — one that is centred on the well-being of people and our one and only planet.

A Well-Being Economy: A New Paradigm for Health Equity in Alberta

blog | Aug 18, 2022

It is well known that health and well-being are importantly influenced by the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work, and age, including the quality and integrity of our natural environments. These are the social and ecological determinants of health. The unequal distribution and quality of those conditions create health inequities: differences in health and well-being between social groups that are unfair because they are avoidable.

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